Success Stories
The Purdue Extension Nutrition Education Program is making a difference in the lives of real people. Read below and learn how the program has helped Indiana residents.
Growing Hope
2025-05-07
For eight Allen County moms, NEP Advisor Veronica Briles' Learn, Grow, Eat & Go class offers friendship, hope, and a new – more joyful – way of experiencing life. These courageous women are charting a new path forward by learning how to garden.
NEPA Honored By Indy Chamber for Community Impact, Vision
2025-10-13
Congratulations to Marion County NEPA Wanda Ocasio Nelson, honored with the 2023 Vision Award by the Indy Chamber’s Hispanic Business Council! Wanda was recognized for her leadership and dedication to empowering the Hispanic community.
Children, Parents Grow in the Not So-Secret Garden
2022-07-19
A Warren community garden doubles as a classroom for NEP Advisor Veronica Briles and her students. There, beside the rows of produce, children play as their parents learn how to prepare the coming harvest.
Moms Find Recipes, Resources, and Resiliency in Class
2022-07-18
Nutrition Education Program Advisor Marla White's students expected to learn how to eat right. Little did they know she would teach them how to locate food and other resources within their community.
How COVID-19 Inspired Gardeners to Feed a New Community
2021-04-02
PNEP "Growing Together" project brings new produce to a new community during COVID-19 pandemic. The project is a collaborative, multi-state project between Purdue University SNAP-Ed and Extension Master Gardener programs within Extension’s North Central Region.
CATCH Program a Successful Start for 22 Third Graders!
2017-12-01
Lindsey Walejewski recently taught the CATCH curriculum to the third-grade class at Beiger Elementary. After the 5 lessons, their teacher, Robert O’Hara, reported a significant change in behavior and that the students were in much better moods after the class!
Educating, Exercising, and Eating in Spencer County
2018-08-27
Purdue Extension Nutrition Education Program Advisor, Danica Williams, recently taught the CATCH (Coordinated Approach To Child Health) curriculum to children, along with some of their parents, at the summer feeding program at Rockport Elementary in Rockport, Indiana.